We now have a second set of gnome bindings for gcj... http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/News/news.html "09-14-2001: Release 0.7.0: The Java-GNOME team is pleased to announce the next release of the Java-GNOME bindings. This release adds the ability for native compilation using gcj 3.0.0 or higher. For information on how to do this please see to the FAQ" AG